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skills
1.
Tone: The pitch and tone of your voice must be effective. You could
judge it by recording your voice. A general phrase can be said in four different
ways: “It's been a pleasure to be a part of this organization for these many
years.” You can change the pitch and tone to sound
a.
Sincere
b.
Sarcastic
c.
Surprised
d.
Angry
Loud reading is
the best exercise to improve the pitch and tone of your voice. Make it a point
to be confident about what you speak. Lack of confidence night make your voice
toneless
2.
Jaw: If we work on each of the consonants by pronouncing them in an
exaggerating movement, it would help to loosen the jaws.
2.1 Lips: Loudly
repeating the letter ‘P' helps to warm up the lips. You could purse your lips by
pronouncing the world ‘spit' with stress.
2.2 Tongue:
Tongue-twisters help the most of make the tongue flexible. Any old favourite
could be practised upon. “She sells sea-shell on the sea-shore” Or “Red leather,
yellow leather”
3.
Pace: Words spoken in a rush tend to lose the impact. Being too slow
would for sure give a dull effect. Take time to express your important thoughts.
Fast speaking might lead you to stammering. A break is welcome between words
which are food for thought.
4.
Pauses: If a pause is allowed during a conversation it does not fall
flat rather a quick thought could be imported to the words already spoken. Time
should be given to others to
express their thought interruption is not a healthy conversation ethics.
5.
Mumbling: This is a sign for lack of confidence. To avoid this one
should look up and speak rather than speak at the floor.
6.
Jargon: An attempt to brag about your vocabulary only leaves you to
be a laughing stock. Using long complicated phrases and words could be replaced
by short simple words. A good conversation has no space for jargon talk.
7.
Waffle: The longer the story the more complicated it gets to be, only
presenting you to be a liar. Saying confidently and concisely is appreciated in
a conversation rather than repeating a thought.
8.
Accents: Work on your tone to improve your accent. There is no use
being British about accents, who tend to be a snob about it.
9.
Words: It is effective to have a positive speech pattern using words
like ‘positively', ‘surely' or definitely?
10. Punctuation: Important words should always be stressed upon to bring
a complete effect. Penning one's thought and reading it aloud in a correct
manner could help this.
11. Posture: A correct posture covers up the presentation of your
thought. Sit upright in the chair with fingertips at the abdomen. Correct
breathing also helps to boost your posture.
